Nope. Shouldn't be rewritten. There are a lot of people who pass it. The only problem is that the information is in the margins, and we all know how much we pay attention to the margins. If you read the margins, though, it's pretty easy.

I think it should be re-written to be a correct test. The test has at least one out-right wrong answer and several badly-worded questions. This has been examined several times with similar results. Though I do agree that it is passable if you study, I don't think some editing would hurt.

It is updated in the new PDF version of the books. They're not going to publish new books hard copy anytime soon. New cadets receive the books on CD, so it has been updated. Stop whining.

In regards to the general topic, I think it's good that not every test is incredibly easy. It surely snapped me into shape whenever I failed it. I definitely started studying in more detail after that.

It's good training for later life. If you ever take the Bar Exam, the review course conductor tells you that you sit down in the testing center, read the first question, and it asks about something you know cold--something that so to speak, you could write the book on. So you look at the answers, and the right answer is not there. To make it brief, your job is to select the correct wrong answer. So the Mary Feik test is good preparation for real life.

It's good training for later life. If you ever take the Bar Exam, the review course conductor tells you that you sit down in the testing center, read the first question, and it asks about something you know cold--something that so to speak, you could write the book on. So you look at the answers, and the right answer is not there. To make it brief, your job is to select the correct wrong answer. So the Mary Feik test is good preparation for real life.

Same with the AFOQT (Air Force Officers Qualification Test). Its hard and they ain't going to re-write it terribly soon. Who knows, but I say stop complaining and the ones who study will pass, the ones not, won't. I failed it once, once...

Nope. Shouldn't be rewritten. There are a lot of people who pass it. The only problem is that the information is in the margins, and we all know how much we pay attention to the margins. If you read the margins, though, it's pretty easy.

Nathan, I just took the test not long ago and trust me I read the margins and atleast 4 or 5 of the questions are no where to be found in the book. Don't get me wrong the test should be hard but you can't put questions on it that aren't in the book.

Nathan, I just took the test not long ago and trust me I read the margins and at least 4 or 5 of the questions are no where to be found in the book. Don't get me wrong the test should be hard but you can't put questions on it that aren't in the book.

Actually there are only three not from the book, however, they are all answered from the Drill & Ceremonies book - haven't you read that one yet? Well since this comment is so late after your post, I'm sure you've read it by now. I think the problem may be that cadets aren't told they are responsible for reading ALL of their material, not just the one specific chapter addressed! My gosh, think about what a responsible senior has to read for his/her position - and not just the job description/specialty track book.I get questions that cover the gamut from the cadets and carry all the regs to the meetings so I can answer them

Actually there are only three not from the book, however, they are all answered from the Drill & Ceremonies book - haven't you read that one yet?

This test is a MAJOR obsticle for my cadets!

From the CAP Knowledgebase.....

Question How do I prepare for the Mary Feik achievement?

Answer To prepare for the Mary Feik achievement, which garners the C/SrA grade, you should do the following:a. Study chapter three in your “Leadership: 2000 & Beyond” textbookb. Study any “Aerospace Dimensions” module that you have not already completedc. Participate in at least half of the Moral Leadership forums offered since the completion of your last achievementd. Pass the CPFT fitness requirements found in CAPP 52-18e. Actively participate in squadron and other CAP activities.==========

Notice that it says nothing at all about studying D&C as preperation.

This test has the highest failure rate of ALL tests administered to our cadets, AND has the highest repeat failure rate.I do NOT know why, but I know for an absolute FACT, that no other test we administer causes more cadets to fail.

There "IS" something special about this test that sets it apart from all the others.

The difficulty of this test may be a result of the fact that achievement three used to confer C/NCO status upon its completion. It could have been simple quality control measures.

Could very well be -- achievement three used to earn a cadet the grade of Cadet Sergeant. (Yes, yes, back in the day I was a C/Sgt). This, of course, was long before we had to throw in an extra, useless achievement to the mix *cough*Feik*cough*

It morphed into what we now call the grade of CADET SENIOR AIRMAN (C/SrA). I wanna say the change happed sometime in 1999 as this was at the same time the grades of C/SMSgt and C/CMSgt were added, as I wore C/MSgt (Six down.) to encampment in 1999 as we were transitioning to the new grades.